Jenny Neyman

Cook Inletkeeper sponsored a panel discussion about BlueCrest Energy's hydraulic fracturing plans in the Cosmopolitan Unit north of Anchor Point.

Enstar Natural Gas has identified the problem leading to gas explosions that destroyed two houses, and a fire that claimed two more, on Lilac Lane in Kenai following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in January.

While the central Kenai Peninsula didn’t end up with much snow to show for heavy precipitation Sunday, the Kenai Mountains were loaded with as much as 4 feet, which poses significant avalanche danger.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced restrictions Thursday for king salmon fishing in the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers in order to try and meet escapement goals.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is looking at trimming 30 positions next year in budget cuts.

A martial arts teacher in Soldotna was indicted by a Kenai Grand Jury on Wednesday on one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, one countof second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and three counts of unlawful exploitation of a minor.

In the economic hurricane brewing the state, economists see the Kenai Peninsula as a relatively safe port in the storm.

Cook Inlet’s biggest recorded earthquake did little damage to infrastructure across Southcentral Alaska. And biggest damage has now been fixed up. Kalifornsky Beach Road re-opened to two-way traffic Wednesday morning.Download Audio

A neighborhood in Kenai was evacuated after a fire and explosions caused by a natural gas leak following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Southcentral Alaska at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Four homes were destroyed in the fire.Download Audio

Though one lane of Kalifornsky Beach Road was still open to traffic Sunday afternoon, many drivers heading between Kenai and Kasilof stopped of their own volition. They wanted to see the gaping cracks in the pavement that occurred when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Southcentral Alaska around 1:30 that morning.